Was awakened at 4am this morning to the sound of something scurrying across my pillow. Just as I popped up, my wife popped up as well; apparently the little visitor did a superman maneuver off of her head and onto the floor. Bella, the Great Pyrenees dog, who had been asleep on the floor by my wife was jumping around erratically. With the flip of the light, my eyes blurred because in my haste I failed to grab my glasses, when I see this grey blur run across the bedroom floor into the bathroom, Bella charging behind it. My immediate thought was dang, that’s a big mouse. I followed the excitement into the bathroom to see Bella had pinned the intruder behind the toilet. Still without my glasses and everything resembling a blurry finger painting from a 3 year old, I yelled for my wife to grab me something that I could swat this thing with; I didn’t want to leave my post and have it run, God forbid into the closet - never to be found again. My wife was gone, I think into the kitchen. Perhaps to make a pot of coffee; after all, it is 4am. Standing my ground, I grab the closest killing device I can find within reach, a tennis shoe. Just as I position myself for battle, Bella has turned the little intruder back towards me in a full run. The little grey blur runs right to me and with one quick swat, the excitement is over. I crouch down (still without my glasses) to get a better look at this varmint and laying quietly still before me is a young SQUIRREL! Not a mouse, but a fuzzy tailed tree rat. How in the world a baby squirrel got into my house, is beyond me.
Now, mind you, I have experience in reaching down to grab an assumed deceased animal, only to have it spring to life and scare the, well, life out of me. I stand over the lifeless creature with shoe cocked and ready for another deadly blow. I tell my wife, who had now returned to get me something to put it in so I can move it outside. She tells me to pick it up and put it in the large wicker, open top basket - um, that ain’t happening. Sure as
Hilarious! But, you might want to check the attic. I had a squirrel die up there last summer and that was one awful smell dude. Took me a while to figure out what it was. I’d hate for you to find out there is a few more baby tree rats starting a family upstairs and not paying rent.
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Large rat traps + squirrels + camera = priceless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa3lgb_5Aio
… The Cross of Christ is the anvil upon which the hammer of evil wore itself out.
Left a little vent window open about 2 inches when the weather turned perfect a few weeks ago. Now, I have a bird nest with the SC State Bird hatching a new clutch(?) of eggs in the bookcase next to the window. Funny thing is… it’s on the same shelf where I keep all the bird books. 
I can guarantee you that there’s more somewhere in your house. We had them nesting in our attic when I was a kid. Dad found the hole where they were getting in and then we had to get them out. He took a slingshot and a box of mothballs in the attic and shot mothballs at them until they left. Then he closed up the hole. It turned out to be two adults and five babies.
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Originally posted by Pluffdaddy…I … transported the demon tree climber back outside for him to live another day. …
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>I think YOUR plan worked better than mine. Caught a baby in the rafters (outside). I figured I needed to make sure it was strong and healthy before I let it go back into the wild. Set up this very elaborate baby squirrel raising environment and made sure it was strong enough to climb limbs and stuff before, I ‘threw it back into the wild.’ Should have thrown that little urban rat outside the first day, like you.Pretty sure it (or it’s offspring) are running around in my yard, today. Nature is smarter than we are when it comes to wild animals… especially the babies.
Yep. I fear I have unwelcome visitors in the attic. I have a tree that over hangs the roof. Easy access to the roof. Going to set some traps and cages up there this weekend.
Funny about the birds. At least it isn’t a Bald Eagle.
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Originally posted by Redfish_mattLarge rat traps + squirrels + camera = priceless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa3lgb_5Aio
… The Cross of Christ is the anvil upon which the hammer of evil wore itself out.
That was awesome!! I almost jumped out of my recliner!!
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We were living in Colorado Springs in 84! One day I heard the wife scream and I took off running to her aid! She was all scrunched up with her knees up under her chin on one end of the couch. She was pointing to the other end of the couch yelling SNAKE. I looked around and there was a big Gray Squirrel running like hell for the kitchen door. It went out the door that was cracked open and went up a tree. The wife was taking a nap and the squirrel climbed up the couch and was peaking over the top looking at her when she woke up. She saw it and thought it was a snake because she didn’t have her glasses on! From then on when we see a squirrel I tell her, look a tree snake:smiley:
quote:Eagles really aren't so bad. Was doing an addition to a house. Raptor nest with babies where I needed to cut a tree down. SCDNR told me to wait two weeks til the babies started flying from tree to tree (hacking) and then cut the tree down. We did. Nature is VERY adaptable. :wink:
Originally posted by Pluffdaddy…Funny about the birds. At least it isn’t a Bald Eagle.
Make your own contact with authorities. Rules change from year to year.
Found out the little guy came in from the chimney. He left little tale tale signs in and around the fireplace. Guess it’s time to buy a chimney top.
quote:Chimney cap (top): $60 bucks. Roll of duct tape: $5 bucks.
Originally posted by PluffdaddyFound out the little guy came in from the chimney. He left little tale tale signs in and around the fireplace. Guess it’s time to buy a chimney top.